This is the third year I’ll be participating in Artistic Horizons, January 19-23, 2015 at Montana State University’s Helen Copeland Gallery in Bozeman, MT. Proceeds from this sale benefit Arts Without Boundaries ,a non-profit organization which brings free arts instruction and performances into public schools. Clockwise from top left (all images © Eric Merrell): A Place … Continue reading 3rd Annual Artistic Horizons
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I’m stoked to have five of my paintings – all being shown for the first time – at the Coors Western Art Show in Denver, CO opening next week as part of the National Western Stock Show. Check them out online now and then go see the works in the Gallery at … Continue reading Coors Western Art Show
Four fresh and recent paintings are in a new group exhibition at Altamira Fine Art in Scottsdale, AZ opening next week. Check out all of the work for Desert Mythos online now and then go see them in the gallery starting January 5, 2015. Two pieces are from Joshua Tree National Park and two … Continue reading Desert Mythos
Four of my paintings are in a new group exhibition at Altamira Fine Art in Jackson Hole, WY opening next week. Check out all of the work for Holiday LookBook online now and then go see them in the gallery starting December 15, 2014. Clockwise from top left (all images © Eric … Continue reading Jackson Hole Exhibition
My article Seeing Color in the Desert (originally posted on CaliforniaDesertArt.com) has been reprinted in the August/September 2014 issue of International Artist magazine. It originally started with notes from my sketchbook about what I was observing while out painting, and what to do about certain problems that color posed or provided a solution to. Continue reading Seeing Color in the Desert – International Artist Magazine
I’m making frames and double-checking all of my tubes of paint, getting geared up to head out to Colorado next month for the Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational in Crested Butte, Colorado. I’ll be painting on location in Colorado for about two weeks prior to the exhibition opening, which will be July 11-13. If you … Continue reading Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational
An Interview with Eric Merrell Discussing His Salton Sea Haze and Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) Attersee, 1909 by Stephanie Campbell (Summer 2013 issue, CAC Newsletter) Eric Merrell, Salton Sea Haze, Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 30″ x 30″ American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Attersee, 1901, Oil on canvas, 31.57″ x 31.57″ Leopold … Continue reading The Artist As Critic: Art That Inspires
I held my second landscape painting workshop of the year in Joshua Tree during April, a beautiful time to be in the desert (Read about the earlier workshop in Anza-Borrego in March). Rain has been pretty sparse the last couple of years, so the annual wildflower bloom was pretty much nil in both the high and … Continue reading Painting Workshop in Joshua Tree
Amidst the Slowness, 24″ x 28″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell. I’ve just received news that the painting above will be included in the California Art Club’s 102nd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition in June, held this year at USC’s Fisher Museum of Art. For me this painting is personally important as it contains … Continue reading 102nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Shadows Between the Sky, 16″ x 20″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell. This painting was conceived solely from thumbnail sketches, written color notes, and observations from the landscape. I was recently interviewed by Michael Corbin, who runs the website artbookguy.com. I really like what he’s doing there – interviewing artists in a unique format … Continue reading Interview with Michael Corbin (ArtBookGuy)
